A recent GWAS analysis in the Middle Eastern Qatari population has identified genetic associations in 45 clinically relevant traits. GWAS […]
In the latest episode of Genetics Unzipped, the podcast from the Genetics Society, presenter Kat Arney explores the genetics of […]
A recent Mendelian randomisation study found that genetically higher education level was associated with lower risk of major mental disorders […]
Completed 20 years ago this month, the Human Genome Project was a ground-breaking piece of research. However, it was far […]
A recent study found that the Earth’s magnetic field plays an important role in neurogenesis, learning & memory mediated by […]
A new study has demonstrated how a gene called HAND2 can play a role in the timing of labour. The […]
Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a new gene-editing technique that allows for the programming of sequential […]
For my undergraduate research project, I studied a rare neurological disease known as Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. It was then that I […]
In Europe, a rare disease is defined rare when it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people. However, this definition […]
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the […]